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The master password of the password manager has the same issue plus the burden of storage.

• simondedalus 9y ago
  and the virtue of allowing a single point of 2FA. the seed is just the seed, and will always be the seed. the master password can change and be supplemented by 2FA / other enhancement schemes.
  • w8rbt 9y ago
    I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing. See the code I posted. There is no unchangeable static seed.
• patrickmn 9y ago
  It's not the same issue. With your approach, a compromise of the seed is catastrophic and reveals everything. With a regular password manager, you also need access to the vault encrypted using that master password. That's not a given -- most password managers either store their vaults locally or offer 2FA when synced. (Nevermind that you can't change individual passwords or the master password at will with a deterministic scheme.)